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Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma

Marie Louise (12 December 1791 – 17 December 1847) was an Austrian archduchess who reigned as Duchess of Parma from 11 April 1814 until her death. She was Napoleon's second wife and as such Empress of the French and Queen of Italy from their marriage on 1 April 1810 until his abdication on 6 April 1814.

Marie Louise
Portrait by Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin, c. 1812. She wears a diamond and emerald crown, a necklace, and earrings given as a wedding gift by Napoleon.
Duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla
Reign11 April 1814 – 17 December 1847
Predecessors
Successors
Empress consort of the French
Queen consort of Italy
Tenure1 April 1810 – 6 April 1814
Born(1791-12-12)12 December 1791
Hofburg, Vienna, Austria, Holy Roman Empire
Died17 December 1847(1847-12-17) (aged 56)
Parma, Duchy of Parma
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1810; died 1821)
(m. 1821; died 1829)
Issue
Names
German: Maria Ludovica Leopoldina Franziska Therese Josepha Lucia
French: Marie-Louise-Léopoldine-Françoise-Thérèse-Josèphe-Lucie
Italian: Maria Luigia Leopoldina Francesca Teresa Giuseppa Lucia
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherFrancis II, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherMaria Theresa of Naples and Sicily
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Signature

As the eldest child of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor and Emperor of Austria, and his second wife, Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, Marie Louise grew up during a period of continuous conflict between Austria and revolutionary France. A series of military defeats at the hands of Napoleon Bonaparte had inflicted a heavy human toll on Austria and led Francis to dissolve the Holy Roman Empire. The end of the War of the Fifth Coalition resulted in the marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise in 1810, which ushered in a brief period of peace and friendship between Austria and the French Empire. Marie Louise agreed to the marriage despite being raised to despise France. She was adored by Napoleon, who had been eager to marry a member of one of Europe's leading royal houses to cement his relatively young Empire. With Napoleon, she bore a son, styled the King of Rome at birth, later Duke of Reichstadt, who briefly succeeded him as Napoleon II.

Napoleon's fortunes changed dramatically in 1812 after his failed invasion of Russia. The European powers, including Austria, resumed hostilities towards France in the War of the Sixth Coalition, which ended with the abdication of Napoleon and his exile to Elba. The 1814 Treaty of Fontainebleau gave the Duchies of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla to Marie Louise, who ruled the duchies until her death.

Marie Louise married morganatically twice after Napoleon's death in 1821. Her second husband was Count Adam Albert von Neipperg (married 1821), an equerry she met in 1814. She and Neipperg had three children. After Neipperg's death in 1829, she married Count Charles-René de Bombelles, her chamberlain, in 1834. Marie Louise died in Parma in 1847.

Early life

Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria (who was given the Latin baptismal name of Maria Ludovica Leopoldina Francisca Theresa Josepha Lucia) was born at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna on 12 December 1791 to Archduke Francis of Austria and his second wife, Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily.[1] She was named after her grandmother, Marie Louise, Holy Roman Empress. Her father became Holy Roman Emperor a year later as Francis II. Marie Louise was a great-granddaughter of Empress Maria Theresa through both her parents, as they were first cousins. She was also a maternal granddaughter of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples,[1] Marie Antoinette's favorite sister.

Marie Louise's formative years were during a period of conflict between France and her family. She was brought up to detest France and French ideas.[2] Her upbringing was supervised by her French imperial governess Victoire de Folliot de Crenneville.[3] Marie Louise was influenced by her grandmother Maria Carolina, who despised the French Revolution which ultimately caused the death of her sister, Marie Antoinette.[2] Maria Carolina's Kingdom of Naples had also come into direct conflict with French forces led by Napoleon Bonaparte.[2] The War of the Third Coalition brought Austria to the brink of ruin, which increased Marie Louise's resentment towards Napoleon.[4] The Imperial family was forced to flee Vienna in 1805. Marie Louise took refuge in Hungary and later Galicia[4] before returning to Vienna in 1806.[5] Her father relinquished the title of Holy Roman Emperor but remained Emperor of Austria.

To make her more marriageable, her parents had her tutored in many languages. In addition to her native German, she became fluent in English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish.[6]

In 1807, when Marie Louise was 15, her mother died after suffering a miscarriage.[5] Less than a year later, Emperor Francis married his first cousin Maria Ludovika Beatrix of Austria-Este, who was four years older than Marie Louise.[5] Nonetheless, Maria Ludovika Beatrix took on a maternal role towards her stepdaughter.[7] She was also bitter towards the French, who had deprived her father of the Duchy of Modena.[8]

Another war broke out between France and Austria in 1809, which resulted in defeat for the Austrians again. The Imperial family had to flee Vienna again before the city surrendered on 12 May.[9] Their journey was hampered by bad weather, and they arrived in Buda "wet through, and nearly worn out with fatigue".[9]

Marriage proposal

After escaping an assassination attempt in Vienna while negotiating the Treaty of Schönbrunn on 12 October 1809, Emperor Napoleon decided that he needed an heir to cement his relatively young Empire.[10] He also sought the validation and legitimization of his Empire by marrying a member of one of the leading royal families of Europe. He began proceedings to divorce Joséphine de Beauharnais, who did not bear him a son, and began searching for a new empress. His wish to marry Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia, the youngest sister of Tsar Alexander I of Russia, caused alarm in Austria, who were afraid of being sandwiched between two great powers allied with each other.[11] At the persuasion of Prince Metternich, a marriage between Napoleon and Marie Louise was suggested by Emperor Francis to the Count of Narbonne[12][13] but no official overture was made by the Austrians.[14] Though officials in Paris and Austria were beginning to accept the possibility of the union, Marie Louise was kept uninformed of developments.[15]

Frustrated by the Russians delaying the marriage negotiations, Napoleon rescinded his proposal in late January 1810 and began negotiations to marry Marie Louise with the Austrian ambassador, the Prince of Schwarzenberg.[16] Schwarzenberg signed the marriage contract on 7 February.[17] Marie Louise was informed of the marriage by Metternich.[18] When asked for consent, she replied: "I wish only what my duty commands me to wish."[18]

Wedding

 
Georges Rouget, Marriage of Napoleon and Marie-Louise (1811)

Marie Louise was married by proxy to Napoleon on 11 March 1810 at the Augustinian Church, Vienna.[19] Napoleon was represented by Archduke Charles, the bride's uncle.[20] According to the French ambassador, the marriage "was celebrated with a magnificence that it would be hard to surpass, by the side of which even the brilliant festivities that have preceded it are not to be mentioned".[21] She became Empress of the French and Queen of Italy.

Marie Louise departed Vienna on 13 March,[22] probably expecting never to return.[23] Upon arriving in France she was placed in the custody of Napoleon's sister, who had her put through a symbolic old ritual. Tradition dictated that a royal bride coming to France must keep nothing of her homeland, especially her clothes. Accordingly, Marie Louise was stripped of her dress, corset, stockings, and chemise, leaving her completely naked. Napoleon's sister then made the nude teenager take a bath. She was then redressed in French bridal clothes. Marie Antoinette had been put through a similar ritual when she arrived in France in 1770. She met Napoleon for the first time on 27 March in Compiègne,[24] remarking to him: "You are much better-looking than your portrait."[24]

 
Drawing for the temple of Hymen, final firework display at the Celebration of the Marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise at the Residence of Princess Pauline Borghèse, the Palais De Neuilly

The civil wedding was held at the Saint Joseph's Church on 1 April 1810.[25] The next day, Napoleon and Marie Louise made the journey to Paris in the coronation coach.[26] The Imperial Guard cavalry led the procession, followed by the herald-at-arms and then the carriages.[26] The Marshals of France rode on each side, near the doors of the carriages.[26] The procession arrived at the Tuileries Palace,[27] and the Imperial couple made their way to the Salon Carré chapel (in the Louvre) for the religious wedding ceremony.[27] The ceremony was conducted by Cardinal Joseph Fesch, Grand Almoner of France and Napoleon's uncle.[28] A Bridal March was composed for the occasion by Ferdinando Paer,[29] and a cantata by Johann Nepomuk Hummel.

Elaborate celebrations continued to be held in May and June 1810. These included a ball, a masque, a sea-battle on the Seine, and a display of fireworks created by Claude-Fortuné Ruggieri, for 4,000 people.[30][31]

By this marriage, Napoleon became the great-nephew-in-law of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette.

Marriage to Napoleon

 
Portrait in 1812 by Robert Lefèvre

Life as Empress

Marie Louise was an obedient wife and settled in quickly in the French court.[32] She developed a close friendship with her Première dame d'honneur, the Duchess of Montebello,[32] while most of the daily affairs were handled by her Dame d'atour Jeanne Charlotte du Luçay. Napoleon initially remarked that he had "married a womb" to an aide, but their relationship soon grew. He "spared no pains" to please her and claimed at one point to prefer Marie Louise to his first wife Joséphine;[32][33] while he had loved Joséphine, and though he claimed Joséphine remained his greatest friend even after their amicable divorce, he had not respected her, whereas with Marie Louise, there was "Never a lie, never a debt" — presumably a reference to Joséphine's rumoured extramarital affairs and reputation as a spendthrift.[34] Marie Louise wrote to her father: "I assure you, dear papa, that people have done great injustice to the Emperor. The better one knows him, the better one appreciates and loves him."[35] However, the marriage was not without tension; Napoleon sometimes remarked to aides that Marie Louise was too shy and timid, compared to the outgoing and passionate Josephine, with whom he remained in close contact, upsetting Marie Louise.

The excitement surrounding the wedding ushered in a period of peace and friendship between France and Austria, who had been largely at war for the last two decades. The people of Vienna, who hated Napoleon only months before, were suddenly in full praise of the French Emperor.[36] Flattering letters were sent between Napoleon and Emperor Francis, Empress Maria Ludovika Beatrix and Archduke Charles during the wedding festivities.[22][33][37]

During public occasions, Marie Louise spoke little due to reserve and timidity, which some observers mistook for haughtiness.[38] She was regarded as a virtuous woman and never interfered in politics.[39][40] Privately, she was polite and gentle.[41]

Napoleon arranged for Marie Louise to participate in some carefully selected charity assignments, most notably the Société de Charité Maternelle, for which he made her Honorary President.[42]

Birth of first child

 
Marie Louise with her son, the King of Rome

Marie Louise became pregnant by July 1810 and gave birth to a son on 20 March 1811.[43][44] The boy, Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte, was given the title King of Rome, in accordance with the practice where the heir apparent to the Holy Roman Empire was called the King of the Romans.[44] Napoleon was delighted that his wife survived the ordeal and said: "I had rather never have any more children than see her suffer so much again."[44]

Marie Louise was devoted to her son; she had him brought to her every morning and visited him in his apartment in the course of the day.[45]

Resumption of war

In May 1812, a month before the French invasion of Russia, Marie Louise accompanied Napoleon to Dresden, where she met her father and stepmother.[46] Emperor Francis told Napoleon he could count on Austria for the "triumph of the common cause", a reference to the impending war.[46] A minor rivalry began to develop between Marie Louise and the Empress of Austria, who was jealous at being upstaged in appearance by her stepdaughter.[47] It was also in Dresden where she met Count Adam Albert von Neipperg for the first time.[48] Napoleon left Dresden on 29 May to take charge of his army.[49]

Marie Louise then travelled to Prague, where she spent a few weeks with the Austrian Imperial family, before returning to Saint Cloud on 18 July.[50] She kept in touch with Napoleon throughout the war.[51] The invasion of Russia ended disastrously for France. More than half of the Grande Armée was destroyed by the Russian Winter and guerrilla attacks. After the failed Malet coup of October 1812, Napoleon hastened his return to France and reunited with his wife on the night of 18 December.[52]

Collapse of the Empire

The weakened French position triggered the Sixth Coalition. Prussia and the United Kingdom joined Russia in declaring war on France, but Austria stayed out due to relations between the Imperial families.[53] On 30 March, Marie Louise was appointed Regent as Napoleon set off for battle in Germany.[54] The regency was only de jure, as all decisions were still taken by Napoleon and implemented by his most senior officials, including Lebrun, Joseph Bonaparte, Talleyrand and Savary.[55] Marie Louise tried unsuccessfully to get her father to ally with France.[56] Austria too joined the opposition to France. She maintained a correspondence with Napoleon, informing him of increasing demands for peace in Paris and the provinces.[57] Napoleon was decisively defeated in Leipzig on 19 October and returned to Saint Cloud on 9 November.[58]

On 23 January 1814, Marie Louise was appointed Regent for the second time.[59] On 25 January, at 03:00 in the morning, Napoleon embraced Marie Louise and his son for the last time.[59] He left to lead a hastily formed army to stave off the Allied invasion from the north.[60]

As the Allies neared Paris, Marie Louise was reluctant to leave. She felt that as the daughter of the sovereign of Austria, one of the allied members, she would be treated with respect by Allied forces, with the possibility of her son succeeding the throne should Napoleon be deposed.[61] She was also afraid that her departure would strengthen the royalist supporters of the Bourbons.[61] Marie Louise was finally persuaded to leave by Henri Clarke, who received the order from Napoleon: "I would prefer to know that they [the Empress and the King of Rome] are both at the bottom of the Seine rather than in the hands of the foreigners."[62] On 29 March, the court left Paris.[62] The Allies entered the city the following day.

Marie Louise and the court moved to Blois, which was safe from the Allies.[63] She did not expect her father to dethrone Napoleon and deprive her son of the crown of France.[64] On 3 April, the Senate, at the instigation of Talleyrand, announced the deposition of the Emperor.[65] Marie Louise was unaware of this until 7 April, and was astonished to discover the turn of events.[66] She wanted to return to Paris, but was dissuaded from doing so by physician Jean-Nicolas Corvisart and the Duchess of Montebello.[66]

Exile of Napoleon

Napoleon abdicated the throne on 11 April 1814 in Fontainebleau.[67] The Treaty of Fontainebleau exiled him to Elba, allowed Marie Louise to retain her imperial rank and style and made her ruler of the duchies of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla, with her son as heir.[68] This arrangement was later revised at the Congress of Vienna.[69]

Marie Louise was strongly dissuaded from rejoining her husband by her advisors, who fed her accounts that Napoleon was distraught with grief over the death of Joséphine.[70] On 16 April, her father arrived at Blois to meet her.[71] At the advice of Emperor Francis, Marie Louise departed Rambouillet with her son for Vienna on 23 April.[72] At Vienna, she stayed at Schönbrunn, where she received frequent visits from her sisters, but rarely from her father and stepmother.[73] She met her grandmother, Maria Carolina, who disapproved of her deserting her husband.[74][75] Distressed at being seen as a heartless wife and indifferent mother, she wrote on 9 August 1814: "I am in a very unhappy and critical position; I must be very prudent in my conduct. There are moments when that thought so distracts me that I think that the best thing I could do would be to die."[76]

Congress of Vienna and relationship with Neipperg

In the summer of 1814, Emperor Francis sent Count Adam Albert von Neipperg to accompany Marie Louise to the spa town of Aix-les-Bains to prevent her from joining Napoleon on Elba.[77][78] Neipperg was a confidant of Metternich and an enemy of Napoleon.[77][79] Marie Louise fell in love with Neipperg.[79] They became lovers.[78][79] He became her chamberlain, and her advocate at the Congress of Vienna.[79] News of the relationship was not received well by the French and the Austrian public.[80]

When Napoleon escaped in March 1815 and reinstated his rule, the Allies once again declared war. Marie Louise was asked by her stepmother to join in the processions to pray for the success of the Austrian armies but rejected the insulting invitation.[79] She passed a message to Napoleon's private secretary, Claude François de Méneval, who was about to return to France: "I hope he will understand the misery of my position ... I shall never assent to a divorce, but I flatter myself that he will not oppose an amicable separation, and that he will not bear any ill feeling towards me ... This separation has become imperative; it will in no way affect the feelings of esteem and gratitude that I preserve."[79] Napoleon was defeated for the last time at the Battle of Waterloo and was exiled to Saint Helena from October 1815. Napoleon made no further attempt to contact her personally.

The Congress of Vienna recognised Marie Louise as ruler of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla, but prevented her from bringing her son to Italy.[81] It also made her Duchess of Parma for her life only, as the Allies did not want a descendant of Napoleon to have a hereditary claim over Parma.[69] After her death, the duchy was to revert to the Bourbons.

Duchess of Parma

 
Portrait in 1839
 
Daguerreotype of Marie Louise, 1847

Marie Louise departed for Parma on 7 March 1816, accompanied by Neipperg.[82] She entered the duchy on 18 April. She wrote to her father: "People welcomed me with such enthusiasm that I had tears in my eyes."[83] She largely left the running of day-to-day affairs to Neipperg, who received instructions from Metternich.[83] In December 1816, Marie Louise removed the incumbent Grand Chamberlain (prime minister) and installed Neipperg.[77]

She and Neipperg had four children:[78][79]

Napoleon died on 5 May 1821. On 8 August, Marie Louise married Neipperg morganatically.[78][79] Neipperg died of heart problems on 22 February 1829,[84] devastating Marie Louise.[84] She was banned by Austria from mourning in public.[84] To replace Neipperg, Austria appointed Josef von Werklein as Grand Chamberlain.

Marie Louise's son by Napoleon, then known as "Franz", was given the title Duke of Reichstadt in 1818.[85] Franz lived at the Austrian court, where he was shown great affection by his grandfather, but was constantly undermined by Austrian ministers and nationalists, who did their best to sideline him to become an irrelevance. There were fears that he might be smuggled over to France to regain the throne, as he could be easily disguised as a girl. Franz grew resentful at his Austrian relatives and his mother for their lack of support, and began identifying as Napoleon II and surrounding himself with French courtiers.[86] The relationship with his mother broke down to such an extent that he once remarked "If Josephine had been my mother, my father would not have been buried at Saint Helena, and I should not be at Vienna. My mother is kind but weak; she was not the wife my father deserved; Josephine was."[87] However, before anything could become of Napoleon II, he died at the age of 21 in Vienna in 1832, after suffering from tuberculosis.

1831 saw the outbreak of the Carbonari-led uprisings in Italy. In Parma, protesters gathered in the streets to denounce Grand Chamberlain Werklein.[88] Marie Louise did not know what to do and wanted to leave the city, but was prevented from doing so by the protesters, who saw her as someone who would listen to their demands.[88] She managed to leave Parma between 14 and 15 February, and the rebels formed a provisional government, led by Count Filippo Luigi Linati.[89] At Piacenza, she wrote to her father, asking him to replace Werklein.[88] Francis sent in Austrian troops, which crushed the rebellion.[90] To avoid further turmoil, Marie Louise granted amnesty to the dissidents on 29 September.[91]

To replace Werklein, in 1833 Metternich sent Charles-René de Bombelles, a French émigré nobleman who had served in the Austrian army against Napoleon. Bombelles was an excellent Grand Chamberlain, who thoroughly reformed the finances of the duchy. A middle-aged widower, he also developed a close personal relationship with Marie Louise. Six months after his arrival, on 17 February 1834, she married him, again morganatically.[92]

Death

Marie Louise fell ill on 9 December 1847. Her condition worsened for the next few days. On 17 December, she passed out after vomiting and never woke up again. She died in the evening.[93] The cause of death was determined to be pleurisy.[93]

Her body was transferred back to Vienna and buried at the Imperial Crypt.[94]

Arms

 
Marital arms of Empress Marie Louise
 
Monogram of Marie Louise
 
Arms as Duchess of Parma

Her arms as Duchess of Parma are used as the logo of the perfume company Acqua di Parma. This is in homage to the role she played in helping to develop the perfume and glass industry of Parma.[95]

Gallery

Ancestry

See also

Notes

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  5. ^ a b c de Saint-Amand, p. 4
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  7. ^ de Saint-Amand, p. 5
  8. ^ de Saint-Amand, p. 6
  9. ^ a b de Saint-Amand, p. 8
  10. ^ de Saint-Amand, p. 10
  11. ^ de Saint-Amand, p. 12
  12. ^ Bertier de Sauvigny, p. 116
  13. ^ de Saint-Amand, p. 15
  14. ^ de Saint-Amand, p. 18
  15. ^ de Saint-Amand, p. 20
  16. ^ de Saint-Amand, p. 21
  17. ^ de Saint-Amand, p. 22
  18. ^ a b de Saint-Amand, p. 24
  19. ^ de Saint-Amand, p. 40
  20. ^ de Saint-Amand, p. 38
  21. ^ de Saint-Amand, p. 42
  22. ^ a b de Saint-Amand, p. 44
  23. ^ de Saint-Amand, p. 47
  24. ^ a b de Saint-Amand, p. 60
  25. ^ de Saint-Amand, p. 63
  26. ^ a b c de Saint-Amand, p. 68
  27. ^ a b de Saint-Amand, p. 70
  28. ^ de Saint-Amand, p. 71
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  67. ^ Durand, p. 143
  68. ^ Article V, Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814)
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  70. ^ Durand, p. 153
  71. ^ de Saint-Amand, p. vi
  72. ^ de Saint-Amand, p. vii
  73. ^ Durand, p. 164
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  84. ^ a b c Herre, p. 260–263
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External links

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Ferdinand
Duchess of Parma and Piacenza
1814–1847
Succeeded by
Duchess of Guastalla
1814–1847
Succeeded by

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Marie Louise 12 December 1791 17 December 1847 was an Austrian archduchess who reigned as Duchess of Parma from 11 April 1814 until her death She was Napoleon s second wife and as such Empress of the French and Queen of Italy from their marriage on 1 April 1810 until his abdication on 6 April 1814 Marie LouisePortrait by Jean Baptiste Paulin Guerin c 1812 She wears a diamond and emerald crown a necklace and earrings given as a wedding gift by Napoleon Duchess of Parma Piacenza and GuastallaReign11 April 1814 17 December 1847PredecessorsJean Jacques Regis Parma Charles Francois Piacenza Pauline Guastalla SuccessorsCharles II Parma and Piacenza Francis V Guastalla Empress consort of the FrenchQueen consort of ItalyTenure1 April 1810 6 April 1814Born 1791 12 12 12 December 1791Hofburg Vienna Austria Holy Roman EmpireDied17 December 1847 1847 12 17 aged 56 Parma Duchy of ParmaBurialImperial CryptSpouseNapoleon I Emperor of the French m 1810 died 1821 wbr Adam Albert Count of Neipperg m 1821 died 1829 wbr Charles Rene Count of Bombelles m 1834 wbr IssueNapoleon II Emperor of the French Countess Albertine von Neipperg William Albert 1st Prince of Montenuovo Countess Mathilde von NeippergNamesGerman Maria Ludovica Leopoldina Franziska Therese Josepha LuciaFrench Marie Louise Leopoldine Francoise Therese Josephe LucieItalian Maria Luigia Leopoldina Francesca Teresa Giuseppa LuciaHouseHabsburg LorraineFatherFrancis II Holy Roman EmperorMotherMaria Theresa of Naples and SicilyReligionRoman CatholicismSignatureAs the eldest child of Francis II Holy Roman Emperor and Emperor of Austria and his second wife Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily Marie Louise grew up during a period of continuous conflict between Austria and revolutionary France A series of military defeats at the hands of Napoleon Bonaparte had inflicted a heavy human toll on Austria and led Francis to dissolve the Holy Roman Empire The end of the War of the Fifth Coalition resulted in the marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise in 1810 which ushered in a brief period of peace and friendship between Austria and the French Empire Marie Louise agreed to the marriage despite being raised to despise France She was adored by Napoleon who had been eager to marry a member of one of Europe s leading royal houses to cement his relatively young Empire With Napoleon she bore a son styled the King of Rome at birth later Duke of Reichstadt who briefly succeeded him as Napoleon II Napoleon s fortunes changed dramatically in 1812 after his failed invasion of Russia The European powers including Austria resumed hostilities towards France in the War of the Sixth Coalition which ended with the abdication of Napoleon and his exile to Elba The 1814 Treaty of Fontainebleau gave the Duchies of Parma Piacenza and Guastalla to Marie Louise who ruled the duchies until her death Marie Louise married morganatically twice after Napoleon s death in 1821 Her second husband was Count Adam Albert von Neipperg married 1821 an equerry she met in 1814 She and Neipperg had three children After Neipperg s death in 1829 she married Count Charles Rene de Bombelles her chamberlain in 1834 Marie Louise died in Parma in 1847 Contents 1 Early life 2 Marriage proposal 3 Wedding 4 Marriage to Napoleon 4 1 Life as Empress 4 2 Birth of first child 4 3 Resumption of war 4 4 Collapse of the Empire 4 5 Exile of Napoleon 5 Congress of Vienna and relationship with Neipperg 6 Duchess of Parma 7 Death 8 Arms 9 Gallery 10 Ancestry 11 See also 12 Notes 13 References 14 External linksEarly life EditArchduchess Marie Louise of Austria who was given the Latin baptismal name of Maria Ludovica Leopoldina Francisca Theresa Josepha Lucia was born at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna on 12 December 1791 to Archduke Francis of Austria and his second wife Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily 1 She was named after her grandmother Marie Louise Holy Roman Empress Her father became Holy Roman Emperor a year later as Francis II Marie Louise was a great granddaughter of Empress Maria Theresa through both her parents as they were first cousins She was also a maternal granddaughter of Queen Maria Carolina of Naples 1 Marie Antoinette s favorite sister Marie Louise s formative years were during a period of conflict between France and her family She was brought up to detest France and French ideas 2 Her upbringing was supervised by her French imperial governess Victoire de Folliot de Crenneville 3 Marie Louise was influenced by her grandmother Maria Carolina who despised the French Revolution which ultimately caused the death of her sister Marie Antoinette 2 Maria Carolina s Kingdom of Naples had also come into direct conflict with French forces led by Napoleon Bonaparte 2 The War of the Third Coalition brought Austria to the brink of ruin which increased Marie Louise s resentment towards Napoleon 4 The Imperial family was forced to flee Vienna in 1805 Marie Louise took refuge in Hungary and later Galicia 4 before returning to Vienna in 1806 5 Her father relinquished the title of Holy Roman Emperor but remained Emperor of Austria To make her more marriageable her parents had her tutored in many languages In addition to her native German she became fluent in English French Italian Latin and Spanish 6 In 1807 when Marie Louise was 15 her mother died after suffering a miscarriage 5 Less than a year later Emperor Francis married his first cousin Maria Ludovika Beatrix of Austria Este who was four years older than Marie Louise 5 Nonetheless Maria Ludovika Beatrix took on a maternal role towards her stepdaughter 7 She was also bitter towards the French who had deprived her father of the Duchy of Modena 8 Another war broke out between France and Austria in 1809 which resulted in defeat for the Austrians again The Imperial family had to flee Vienna again before the city surrendered on 12 May 9 Their journey was hampered by bad weather and they arrived in Buda wet through and nearly worn out with fatigue 9 Marriage proposal EditAfter escaping an assassination attempt in Vienna while negotiating the Treaty of Schonbrunn on 12 October 1809 Emperor Napoleon decided that he needed an heir to cement his relatively young Empire 10 He also sought the validation and legitimization of his Empire by marrying a member of one of the leading royal families of Europe He began proceedings to divorce Josephine de Beauharnais who did not bear him a son and began searching for a new empress His wish to marry Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna of Russia the youngest sister of Tsar Alexander I of Russia caused alarm in Austria who were afraid of being sandwiched between two great powers allied with each other 11 At the persuasion of Prince Metternich a marriage between Napoleon and Marie Louise was suggested by Emperor Francis to the Count of Narbonne 12 13 but no official overture was made by the Austrians 14 Though officials in Paris and Austria were beginning to accept the possibility of the union Marie Louise was kept uninformed of developments 15 Frustrated by the Russians delaying the marriage negotiations Napoleon rescinded his proposal in late January 1810 and began negotiations to marry Marie Louise with the Austrian ambassador the Prince of Schwarzenberg 16 Schwarzenberg signed the marriage contract on 7 February 17 Marie Louise was informed of the marriage by Metternich 18 When asked for consent she replied I wish only what my duty commands me to wish 18 Wedding Edit Georges Rouget Marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise 1811 Marie Louise was married by proxy to Napoleon on 11 March 1810 at the Augustinian Church Vienna 19 Napoleon was represented by Archduke Charles the bride s uncle 20 According to the French ambassador the marriage was celebrated with a magnificence that it would be hard to surpass by the side of which even the brilliant festivities that have preceded it are not to be mentioned 21 She became Empress of the French and Queen of Italy Marie Louise departed Vienna on 13 March 22 probably expecting never to return 23 Upon arriving in France she was placed in the custody of Napoleon s sister who had her put through a symbolic old ritual Tradition dictated that a royal bride coming to France must keep nothing of her homeland especially her clothes Accordingly Marie Louise was stripped of her dress corset stockings and chemise leaving her completely naked Napoleon s sister then made the nude teenager take a bath She was then redressed in French bridal clothes Marie Antoinette had been put through a similar ritual when she arrived in France in 1770 She met Napoleon for the first time on 27 March in Compiegne 24 remarking to him You are much better looking than your portrait 24 Drawing for the temple of Hymen final firework display at the Celebration of the Marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise at the Residence of Princess Pauline Borghese the Palais De Neuilly The civil wedding was held at the Saint Joseph s Church on 1 April 1810 25 The next day Napoleon and Marie Louise made the journey to Paris in the coronation coach 26 The Imperial Guard cavalry led the procession followed by the herald at arms and then the carriages 26 The Marshals of France rode on each side near the doors of the carriages 26 The procession arrived at the Tuileries Palace 27 and the Imperial couple made their way to the Salon Carre chapel in the Louvre for the religious wedding ceremony 27 The ceremony was conducted by Cardinal Joseph Fesch Grand Almoner of France and Napoleon s uncle 28 A Bridal March was composed for the occasion by Ferdinando Paer 29 and a cantata by Johann Nepomuk Hummel Elaborate celebrations continued to be held in May and June 1810 These included a ball a masque a sea battle on the Seine and a display of fireworks created by Claude Fortune Ruggieri for 4 000 people 30 31 By this marriage Napoleon became the great nephew in law of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette Marriage to Napoleon Edit Portrait in 1812 by Robert Lefevre Life as Empress Edit Marie Louise was an obedient wife and settled in quickly in the French court 32 She developed a close friendship with her Premiere dame d honneur the Duchess of Montebello 32 while most of the daily affairs were handled by her Dame d atour Jeanne Charlotte du Lucay Napoleon initially remarked that he had married a womb to an aide but their relationship soon grew He spared no pains to please her and claimed at one point to prefer Marie Louise to his first wife Josephine 32 33 while he had loved Josephine and though he claimed Josephine remained his greatest friend even after their amicable divorce he had not respected her whereas with Marie Louise there was Never a lie never a debt presumably a reference to Josephine s rumoured extramarital affairs and reputation as a spendthrift 34 Marie Louise wrote to her father I assure you dear papa that people have done great injustice to the Emperor The better one knows him the better one appreciates and loves him 35 However the marriage was not without tension Napoleon sometimes remarked to aides that Marie Louise was too shy and timid compared to the outgoing and passionate Josephine with whom he remained in close contact upsetting Marie Louise The excitement surrounding the wedding ushered in a period of peace and friendship between France and Austria who had been largely at war for the last two decades The people of Vienna who hated Napoleon only months before were suddenly in full praise of the French Emperor 36 Flattering letters were sent between Napoleon and Emperor Francis Empress Maria Ludovika Beatrix and Archduke Charles during the wedding festivities 22 33 37 During public occasions Marie Louise spoke little due to reserve and timidity which some observers mistook for haughtiness 38 She was regarded as a virtuous woman and never interfered in politics 39 40 Privately she was polite and gentle 41 Napoleon arranged for Marie Louise to participate in some carefully selected charity assignments most notably the Societe de Charite Maternelle for which he made her Honorary President 42 Birth of first child Edit Marie Louise with her son the King of Rome Marie Louise became pregnant by July 1810 and gave birth to a son on 20 March 1811 43 44 The boy Napoleon Francois Joseph Charles Bonaparte was given the title King of Rome in accordance with the practice where the heir apparent to the Holy Roman Empire was called the King of the Romans 44 Napoleon was delighted that his wife survived the ordeal and said I had rather never have any more children than see her suffer so much again 44 Marie Louise was devoted to her son she had him brought to her every morning and visited him in his apartment in the course of the day 45 Resumption of war Edit In May 1812 a month before the French invasion of Russia Marie Louise accompanied Napoleon to Dresden where she met her father and stepmother 46 Emperor Francis told Napoleon he could count on Austria for the triumph of the common cause a reference to the impending war 46 A minor rivalry began to develop between Marie Louise and the Empress of Austria who was jealous at being upstaged in appearance by her stepdaughter 47 It was also in Dresden where she met Count Adam Albert von Neipperg for the first time 48 Napoleon left Dresden on 29 May to take charge of his army 49 Marie Louise then travelled to Prague where she spent a few weeks with the Austrian Imperial family before returning to Saint Cloud on 18 July 50 She kept in touch with Napoleon throughout the war 51 The invasion of Russia ended disastrously for France More than half of the Grande Armee was destroyed by the Russian Winter and guerrilla attacks After the failed Malet coup of October 1812 Napoleon hastened his return to France and reunited with his wife on the night of 18 December 52 Collapse of the Empire Edit The weakened French position triggered the Sixth Coalition Prussia and the United Kingdom joined Russia in declaring war on France but Austria stayed out due to relations between the Imperial families 53 On 30 March Marie Louise was appointed Regent as Napoleon set off for battle in Germany 54 The regency was only de jure as all decisions were still taken by Napoleon and implemented by his most senior officials including Lebrun Joseph Bonaparte Talleyrand and Savary 55 Marie Louise tried unsuccessfully to get her father to ally with France 56 Austria too joined the opposition to France She maintained a correspondence with Napoleon informing him of increasing demands for peace in Paris and the provinces 57 Napoleon was decisively defeated in Leipzig on 19 October and returned to Saint Cloud on 9 November 58 On 23 January 1814 Marie Louise was appointed Regent for the second time 59 On 25 January at 03 00 in the morning Napoleon embraced Marie Louise and his son for the last time 59 He left to lead a hastily formed army to stave off the Allied invasion from the north 60 As the Allies neared Paris Marie Louise was reluctant to leave She felt that as the daughter of the sovereign of Austria one of the allied members she would be treated with respect by Allied forces with the possibility of her son succeeding the throne should Napoleon be deposed 61 She was also afraid that her departure would strengthen the royalist supporters of the Bourbons 61 Marie Louise was finally persuaded to leave by Henri Clarke who received the order from Napoleon I would prefer to know that they the Empress and the King of Rome are both at the bottom of the Seine rather than in the hands of the foreigners 62 On 29 March the court left Paris 62 The Allies entered the city the following day Marie Louise and the court moved to Blois which was safe from the Allies 63 She did not expect her father to dethrone Napoleon and deprive her son of the crown of France 64 On 3 April the Senate at the instigation of Talleyrand announced the deposition of the Emperor 65 Marie Louise was unaware of this until 7 April and was astonished to discover the turn of events 66 She wanted to return to Paris but was dissuaded from doing so by physician Jean Nicolas Corvisart and the Duchess of Montebello 66 Exile of Napoleon Edit Napoleon abdicated the throne on 11 April 1814 in Fontainebleau 67 The Treaty of Fontainebleau exiled him to Elba allowed Marie Louise to retain her imperial rank and style and made her ruler of the duchies of Parma Piacenza and Guastalla with her son as heir 68 This arrangement was later revised at the Congress of Vienna 69 Marie Louise was strongly dissuaded from rejoining her husband by her advisors who fed her accounts that Napoleon was distraught with grief over the death of Josephine 70 On 16 April her father arrived at Blois to meet her 71 At the advice of Emperor Francis Marie Louise departed Rambouillet with her son for Vienna on 23 April 72 At Vienna she stayed at Schonbrunn where she received frequent visits from her sisters but rarely from her father and stepmother 73 She met her grandmother Maria Carolina who disapproved of her deserting her husband 74 75 Distressed at being seen as a heartless wife and indifferent mother she wrote on 9 August 1814 I am in a very unhappy and critical position I must be very prudent in my conduct There are moments when that thought so distracts me that I think that the best thing I could do would be to die 76 Congress of Vienna and relationship with Neipperg EditIn the summer of 1814 Emperor Francis sent Count Adam Albert von Neipperg to accompany Marie Louise to the spa town of Aix les Bains to prevent her from joining Napoleon on Elba 77 78 Neipperg was a confidant of Metternich and an enemy of Napoleon 77 79 Marie Louise fell in love with Neipperg 79 They became lovers 78 79 He became her chamberlain and her advocate at the Congress of Vienna 79 News of the relationship was not received well by the French and the Austrian public 80 When Napoleon escaped in March 1815 and reinstated his rule the Allies once again declared war Marie Louise was asked by her stepmother to join in the processions to pray for the success of the Austrian armies but rejected the insulting invitation 79 She passed a message to Napoleon s private secretary Claude Francois de Meneval who was about to return to France I hope he will understand the misery of my position I shall never assent to a divorce but I flatter myself that he will not oppose an amicable separation and that he will not bear any ill feeling towards me This separation has become imperative it will in no way affect the feelings of esteem and gratitude that I preserve 79 Napoleon was defeated for the last time at the Battle of Waterloo and was exiled to Saint Helena from October 1815 Napoleon made no further attempt to contact her personally The Congress of Vienna recognised Marie Louise as ruler of Parma Piacenza and Guastalla but prevented her from bringing her son to Italy 81 It also made her Duchess of Parma for her life only as the Allies did not want a descendant of Napoleon to have a hereditary claim over Parma 69 After her death the duchy was to revert to the Bourbons Duchess of Parma Edit Portrait in 1839 Daguerreotype of Marie Louise 1847 Marie Louise departed for Parma on 7 March 1816 accompanied by Neipperg 82 She entered the duchy on 18 April She wrote to her father People welcomed me with such enthusiasm that I had tears in my eyes 83 She largely left the running of day to day affairs to Neipperg who received instructions from Metternich 83 In December 1816 Marie Louise removed the incumbent Grand Chamberlain prime minister and installed Neipperg 77 She and Neipperg had four children 78 79 Albertine Countess of Montenuovo 1817 1867 married Luigi Sanvitale Count of Fontanellato William Albert Count of Montenuovo later created Prince of Montenuovo 1819 1895 married Countess Juliana Batthyany von Nemetujvar The template below is included via a redirect Template Refnec that is under discussion See redirects for discussion to help reach a consensus Mathilde Countess of Montenuovo 1822 c 1823 citation needed Napoleon died on 5 May 1821 On 8 August Marie Louise married Neipperg morganatically 78 79 Neipperg died of heart problems on 22 February 1829 84 devastating Marie Louise 84 She was banned by Austria from mourning in public 84 To replace Neipperg Austria appointed Josef von Werklein as Grand Chamberlain Marie Louise s son by Napoleon then known as Franz was given the title Duke of Reichstadt in 1818 85 Franz lived at the Austrian court where he was shown great affection by his grandfather but was constantly undermined by Austrian ministers and nationalists who did their best to sideline him to become an irrelevance There were fears that he might be smuggled over to France to regain the throne as he could be easily disguised as a girl Franz grew resentful at his Austrian relatives and his mother for their lack of support and began identifying as Napoleon II and surrounding himself with French courtiers 86 The relationship with his mother broke down to such an extent that he once remarked If Josephine had been my mother my father would not have been buried at Saint Helena and I should not be at Vienna My mother is kind but weak she was not the wife my father deserved Josephine was 87 However before anything could become of Napoleon II he died at the age of 21 in Vienna in 1832 after suffering from tuberculosis 1831 saw the outbreak of the Carbonari led uprisings in Italy In Parma protesters gathered in the streets to denounce Grand Chamberlain Werklein 88 Marie Louise did not know what to do and wanted to leave the city but was prevented from doing so by the protesters who saw her as someone who would listen to their demands 88 She managed to leave Parma between 14 and 15 February and the rebels formed a provisional government led by Count Filippo Luigi Linati 89 At Piacenza she wrote to her father asking him to replace Werklein 88 Francis sent in Austrian troops which crushed the rebellion 90 To avoid further turmoil Marie Louise granted amnesty to the dissidents on 29 September 91 To replace Werklein in 1833 Metternich sent Charles Rene de Bombelles a French emigre nobleman who had served in the Austrian army against Napoleon Bombelles was an excellent Grand Chamberlain who thoroughly reformed the finances of the duchy A middle aged widower he also developed a close personal relationship with Marie Louise Six months after his arrival on 17 February 1834 she married him again morganatically 92 Death EditMarie Louise fell ill on 9 December 1847 Her condition worsened for the next few days On 17 December she passed out after vomiting and never woke up again She died in the evening 93 The cause of death was determined to be pleurisy 93 Her body was transferred back to Vienna and buried at the Imperial Crypt 94 Arms Edit Marital arms of Empress Marie Louise Monogram of Marie Louise Arms as Duchess of ParmaHer arms as Duchess of Parma are used as the logo of the perfume company Acqua di Parma This is in homage to the role she played in helping to develop the perfume and glass industry of Parma 95 Gallery Edit Crown of Empress Marie Louise set in silver the 950 diamonds weigh 700 carats the 79 original emeralds have been replaced with Persian turquoise cabochons A French Empire mantel clock representing Mars and Venus an allegory of the wedding of Napoleon I and the Archduchess Marie Louise c 1810 Decree with which Marie Louise Italianized her name as Maria Luigia Ten soldi coin of Parma 1815 bearing the head of Marie Louise on the obverse and her ML monogram on the reverse Sarcophagus of Marie Louise in the Imperial Crypt ViennaAncestry EditAncestors of Marie Louise Duchess of Parma8 Francis I Holy Roman Emperor 98 4 Leopold II Holy Roman Emperor 96 9 Maria Theresa Queen of Hungary 98 15 2 Francis II Holy Roman Emperor10 Charles III King of Spain 99 12 5 Maria Luisa of Spain 96 11 Maria Amalia of Saxony 99 13 1 Marie Louise Duchess of Parma12 Charles III King of Spain 100 10 6 Ferdinand I King of the Two Sicilies 97 13 Maria Amalia of Saxony 100 11 3 Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily14 Francis I Holy Roman Emperor 98 8 7 Maria Carolina of Austria 97 15 Maria Theresa Queen of Hungary 98 9 See also EditNapoleon Diamond NecklaceNotes Edit a b de Saint Amand p 1 a b c de Saint Amand p 2 Cuthell Edith E Vol 1 An imperial victim Marie Louise Archduchess of Austria Empress of the French Duchess of Parma 1911 a b de Saint Amand p 3 a b c de Saint Amand p 4 Schom Alan Napoleon Bonaparte p 548 de Saint Amand p 5 de Saint Amand p 6 a b de Saint Amand p 8 de Saint Amand p 10 de Saint Amand p 12 Bertier de Sauvigny p 116 de Saint Amand p 15 de Saint Amand p 18 de Saint Amand p 20 de Saint Amand p 21 de Saint Amand p 22 a b de Saint Amand p 24 de Saint Amand p 40 de Saint Amand p 38 de Saint Amand p 42 a b de Saint Amand p 44 de Saint Amand p 47 a b de Saint Amand p 60 de Saint Amand p 63 a b c de Saint Amand p 68 a b de Saint Amand p 70 de Saint Amand p 71 Grove s 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